INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Monday, March 13, 2017


The following House Files were introduced:

Davids introduced:

H. F. 2328, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying the exemption for Super Bowl admissions; requiring certain reimbursements by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Commission; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297A.68, subdivision 9.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Dehn, R. and Loeffler introduced:

H. F. 2329, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for expansion of the Minneapolis Emergency Operations Center and Fire Training Facility; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance.

Loeffler introduced:

H. F. 2330, A bill for an act relating to environment; establishing advisory task force on green roofs; requiring a report; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.

Maye Quade, Lee, Becker-Finn, Kunesh-Podein, Omar and Flanagan introduced:

H. F. 2331, A bill for an act relating to education; creating the Increase Teachers of Color Act; seeking to double the number of teachers of color and American Indian teachers in Minnesota from four percent to eight percent while ensuring that by 2020, at least 20 percent of candidates in pathways to becoming a teacher are of color or American Indian; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 120B.11, subdivisions 2, 3; 122A.09, subdivisions 4, 4a; 122A.18, subdivision 2; 122A.414, subdivision 2; 122A.70; 124D.09, subdivision 10; 136A.1791; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 12, as amended.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.

Moran introduced:

H. F. 2332, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for qualifications and training of school resource officers; requiring a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance.

Omar introduced:

H. F. 2333, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for loans to small businesses run by East African women.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Murphy, E. introduced:

H. F. 2334, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for attorney general review and approval of conversions by nonprofit health maintenance organizations and nonprofit health service plan corporations; specifying notice and review requirements; establishing standards for distribution of certain assets; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 317A.811, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62D.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Smith introduced:

H. F. 2335, A bill for an act relating to taxation; Tax Court; excluding from evidence certain classified assessor's data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 271.06, subdivision 6.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Anderson, S. introduced:

H. F. 2336, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; requiring the commissioner of revenue to implement a free electronic filing system for individual income tax returns; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 270C.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.

Becker-Finn, O'Neill, Lee, Franke and Maye Quade introduced:

H. F. 2337, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing targeted domestic violence prevention programming; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance.

Maye Quade, Omar, Lee, Moran, Kunesh-Podein, Allen, Mariani and Flanagan introduced:

H. F. 2338, A bill for an act relating to economic development; establishing the Office of Economic Equity and Opportunity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116J.401, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Rosenthal and Lien introduced:

H. F. 2339, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; providing tax credits to encourage charitable contributions; establishing an endow Minnesota program; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 290.0131, by adding a subdivision; 290.0133, by adding a subdivision; 290.06, by adding a subdivision; 297I.20, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Davids and Mahoney introduced:

H. F. 2340, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; clarifying taxation on privilege of admission; providing exemptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 297A.61, subdivision 3; 297A.67, by adding subdivisions.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Masin introduced:

H. F. 2341, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for remediation of the Freeway Landfill and construction of a lined landfill in Burnsville; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.

Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 2342, A bill for an act relating to health insurance; regulating the use of step therapy for the coverage of prescription drugs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Marquart introduced:

H. F. 2343, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying certain background study requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 245C.08, subdivisions 1, 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Marquart introduced:

H. F. 2344, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing an annual appropriation for the small cities assistance account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 162.145, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.

Marquart introduced:

H. F. 2345, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing an extension for filing the special agricultural homestead application; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 273.124, subdivision 13.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Marquart introduced:

H. F. 2346, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying the definition of agricultural purposes for class 2 properties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 273.13, subdivision 23.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Marquart introduced:

H. F. 2347, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing volunteer emergency responders to use flashing warning lights in certain instances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 169.58, subdivision 2; 169.59, subdivision 4; 169.64, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Regional Governance Policy.

Pryor, Bernardy, Lee, Youakim, Kunesh-Podein and Allen introduced:

H. F. 2348, A resolution expressing support for the continuation of, and urging the Congress of the United States to take immediate action to permanently reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program in its entirety and original form.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education and Career Readiness Policy and Finance.

Lien introduced:

H. F. 2349, A bill for an act relating to the city of Moorhead; extending the five-year rule for a tax increment financing district.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Fischer and Lillie introduced:

H. F. 2350, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for an advanced digital technology center for orthotics and prosthetics.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Ward, Sandstede and Flanagan introduced:

H. F. 2351, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the qualifications of the board of the Perpich Center for Arts Education; modifying the qualifications of certain employees; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 129C.10, subdivisions 1, 3b, 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Innovation Policy.

Jessup introduced:

H. F. 2352, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating franchise agreement terms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 80C.14, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Petersburg introduced:

H. F. 2353, A bill for an act relating to transportation; specifying control over access to a frontage road that is tied to a highway access; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.18, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Regional Governance Policy.

Pugh introduced:

H. F. 2354, A bill for an act relating to elections; providing a deadline for entering certain voter registration application data into the statewide voter registration system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 201.121, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Thissen, Hamilton, Mahoney, Baker and Maye Quade introduced:

H. F. 2355, A bill for an act relating to solar energy; increasing the maximum capacity of community solar gardens; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 216B.1641.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Daniels introduced:

H. F. 2356, A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring a program for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at certain state universities; requesting a similar program at University of Minnesota campuses; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 136F; 137.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education and Career Readiness Policy and Finance.

Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 2357, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing process to rename certain water bodies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 83A.05, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.

Schomacker introduced:

H. F. 2358, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; providing employment transitions for youth with disabilities; requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116L.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Loon introduced:

H. F. 2359, A bill for an act relating to education finance; clarifying the career and technical revenue program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.4531, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.4531, subdivision 3a.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Loon introduced:

H. F. 2360, A bill for an act relating to education finance; clarifying transition revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.10, subdivisions 31, 32, 33.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Nornes, Schultz, Hausman and Omar introduced:

H. F. 2361, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for higher education asset preservation and replacement (HEAPR) at the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education and Career Readiness Policy and Finance.

Johnson, B. and Cornish introduced:

H. F. 2362, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing an electronic scrap vehicle transaction report; requiring a stolen vehicle inquiry; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.1501, subdivision 9, by adding subdivisions; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168A.1501, subdivision 6.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Regional Governance Policy.

Swedzinski, Slocum and Rosenthal introduced:

H. F. 2363, A bill for an act relating to commerce; enacting and modifying the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 45.011, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 81A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 81A.01; 81A.02; 81A.03; 81A.04; 81A.05; 81A.06; 81A.07; 81A.09; 81A.10; 81A.11; 81A.12; 81A.13; 81A.14; 81A.15; 81A.16; 81A.17; 81A.19; 81A.20; 81A.21.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Cornish introduced:

H. F. 2364, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring a warrant to obtain blood or urine samples; providing for license revocation; establishing guidelines for license revocation hearings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 169A.03, subdivision 21; 169A.20, subdivision 2; 169A.51, subdivisions 2, 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169A.51, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance.

Slocum introduced:

H. F. 2365, A bill for an act relating to civil commitment; modifying the priorities for the admission of committed patients to treatment facilities; removing the 48-hour requirement for admission of patients from jail or a correctional institution; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 253B.10, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Ecklund introduced:

H. F. 2366, A bill for an act relating to state government; transferring the duties of the Minnesota Historical Preservation Office to the Department of Administration; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 138.081.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Haley; Hoppe; Baker; Howe; Murphy, M.; Johnson, S.; Mahoney; Hausman; Marquart; Metsa; Jessup and Layman introduced:

H. F. 2367, A bill for an act relating to economic development; creating the snow angel grant program to fund capital improvements to skiing-related businesses; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Dettmer introduced:

H. F. 2368, A bill for an act relating to military affairs; authorizing transfer of funds to address deficit in enlistment incentives program.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.

Neu; Johnson, B., and Mahoney introduced:

H. F. 2369, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to Enterprise Minnesota, Inc.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Hertaus introduced:

H. F. 2370, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for job skills training for recently released inmates.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Garofalo introduced:

H. F. 2371, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; authorizing the city of Excelsior to impose a local sales and use tax.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Johnson, C. introduced:

H. F. 2372, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; allowing agricultural classification of land converted from agricultural use for environmental purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 273.13, subdivision 23.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Liebling introduced:

H. F. 2373, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring home and community-based services providers to document certain information and submit certain data; requiring the commissioner of human services to study consolidating the four disability home and community-based waivers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 256B.4912, by adding subdivisions; 256B.4914, subdivision 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Haley introduced:

H. F. 2374, A bill for an act relating to higher education; creating workforce development scholarships; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136F.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education and Career Readiness Policy and Finance.

Murphy, M. and West introduced:

H. F. 2375, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System; providing general state employees retirement plan coverage for employees of the National Sports Center Foundation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 352.01, subdivision 2a.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Torkelson introduced:

H. F. 2376, A bill for an act relating to transportation finance; modifying an appropriation for state road construction; amending Laws 2015, chapter 75, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy.

Dean, M. introduced:

H. F. 2377, A bill for an act relating to health care; requiring health plan companies to provide enrollees access to participating primary care providers; requiring health plan companies to contract with certain primary care providers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 62Q.57.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Baker introduced:

H. F. 2378, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a grant program for online access to music education for children and students in rural Minnesota; appropriating money; requiring a report.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Schultz and Olson introduced:

H. F. 2379, A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing minor consent for HPV vaccinations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 144.3441.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Considine, Omar, Mahoney, Maye Quade, Bly, Kunesh-Podein, Nelson, Metsa, Cornish, Davids, Pierson and Loonan introduced:

H. F. 2380, A bill for an act relating to public safety; allowing certain defendants to appear by interactive video teleconferencing; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 629.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance.

Considine, Omar, Mahoney, Maye Quade, Bly, Kunesh-Podein, Nelson, Metsa, Cornish, Davids, Rarick, Pierson and Loonan introduced:

H. F. 2381, A bill for an act relating to public safety; extending immunity for underage possession or consumption of alcohol to persons assisting another who remains on the scene; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 340A.503, subdivision 8.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance.

Considine, Omar, Mahoney, Maye Quade, Bly, Kunesh-Podein, Nelson, Metsa, Cornish, Davids, Rarick and Loonan introduced:

H. F. 2382, A bill for an act relating to contracts; regulating residential tenants and cellular telephone contracts; requiring a cover sheet with summary; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 325F; 504B.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Carlson, A.; Maye Quade; Freiberg; Kunesh-Podein and Bly introduced:

H. F. 2383, A bill for an act relating to energy; modifying eligibility for loans to include manufacturers of clean energy technologies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 216C.145, subdivisions 1, 3, 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Hausman; Carlson, L.; Sauke; Considine; Poppe; Lillie; Ecklund; Dehn, R.; Hansen; Marquart; Murphy, E.; Omar; Koegel; Clark; Bernardy; Fischer; Schultz; Carlson, A.; Johnson, C., and Olson introduced:

H. F. 2384, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; modifying previous appropriations; establishing new programs and modifying existing programs; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 16A.967; 84.946, subdivision 2; 85.34, subdivision 1; 363A.36; 363A.44, subdivision 1; 446A.072; 446A.073; 446A.081, subdivision 9; 446A.12, subdivision 1; 462A.37, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 2b, 5, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 17, subdivision 12; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 10, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 219; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123A.446.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Franke and Jurgens introduced:

H. F. 2385, A bill for an act relating to mass transit; appropriating money for the Red Rock Corridor transitway demonstration project.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.

O'Neill introduced:

H. F. 2386, A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing low electricity rates as a state policy goal; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 216C.05, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Hoppe introduced:

H. F. 2387, A bill for an act relating to solid waste; specifying waste management methods for certain types of waste; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.

Flanagan, Moran and Pinto introduced:

H. F. 2388, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the at-home infant child care program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 119B.035, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Gruenhagen, Franson, Hamilton, Zerwas and Baker introduced:

H. F. 2389, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a study on use of acupuncture for pain relief to reduce opioid prescriptions; requiring a report; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Murphy, M. and Albright introduced:

H. F. 2390, A bill for an act relating to retirement; statewide and major local public retirement plans; modifying provisions for purchasing salary or service credit for periods during which the member receives workers' compensation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 352.017; 353.0162; 354.72; 354A.096; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 352.01, subdivision 13a.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Franson introduced:

H. F. 2391, A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; regulating retirement, health savings, and medical savings accounts; providing asset protection; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 47.75, subdivision 1; 48.15, subdivision 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Barr, R. introduced:

H. F. 2392, A bill for an act relating to health care; permitting drugs used for weight loss to be covered under the medical assistance program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256B.0625, subdivision 13d.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Albright and Nornes introduced:

H. F. 2393, A bill for an act relating to state government; public employee collective bargaining; modifying Minnesota State Colleges and Universities provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 43A.06, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Flanagan, Becker-Finn, Allen, Kunesh-Podein and Baker introduced:

H. F. 2394, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for grants to prevent opioid overdoses in Minnesota's American Indian communities.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Allen, Mariani, Ward, Olson, Pryor, Lee, Flanagan, Clark and Kunesh-Podein introduced:

H. F. 2395, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for mental health treatment for communities of color.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Poston introduced:

H. F. 2396, A bill for an act relating to local government; appropriating money to Wadena County for human services expenditures.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Flanagan, Poston, Kunesh-Podein, Becker-Finn and Allen introduced:

H. F. 2397, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for peer-run respite services.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Zerwas and Nornes introduced:

H. F. 2398, A bill for an act relating to autism services; appropriating money for grants to Minnesota Life College.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education and Career Readiness Policy and Finance.

Albright, Kresha, Schomacker, Hamilton and Slocum introduced:

H. F. 2399, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing payment rates for direct support services; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.